The Unburned: Genre Undetermined

[penthius]

When her lover went to walk beyond the veil, Stella thought that she would choose to die. She sat in her room, waiting for that choice to be made. As soon as she had chosen to die, honestly, she could go to the wise woman, proclaim her choice, and be made ready for the pyre that her lover would burn on. Then they would walk together beyond the veil. No doubt old Myrna was already waiting for Stella to appear; the whole village knew how much in love the two had been, and the whole village no doubt was certain that Stella would choose to die so that she might be with her love. Stella sat in the room and waited to choose to die. After a while, she noticed that she was hungry, so she started to stand to go find food.

Inspiration: P.J. Harvey song titles
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: Interesting world-building, tying in suttee and wife-burning into a way that would prevent corruption in the system, to a certain degree at least. Now I've got an idea in my head: "The Unburned" being used as a group name (title?) or something similar.